Android 13 is here… and I like it!

Android 13 has been released and it brings a few interesting updates to Google's Pixel devices, and eventually to other phones too. The main thing is more privacy, more customization and more Bluetooth. Take that iOS 16!

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
0:55 New Material You
1:50 Media Player
2:15 QR Code Scanner
2:32 Home Controls from Lock Screen
3:05 Opt-in Notifications
3:34 Assistant Shortcut
3:46 At a Glance Widget
4:00 Clipboard Updates
4:49 Photo Picker and Permissions
5:19 Bluetooth Searching Permissions
5:39 App Languages
5:49 Spatial Audio
5:59 Bluetooth LE Audio
7:23 Tablet improvements
7:43 Cross Device Functions
7:59 Our Thoughts
9:38 Outro

[LinusTechTips]

Clarification: The "At A Glance" features of the "At A Glance Widget" can be turned off in the widget's customization menu. But that doesn't stop the date from holding my top row of icons hostage. Google, let me have the top row of my home screen for my apps or widgets plz.

[ryubalt]

The fact that now permissions are more separated is a huge lifesaver for developers, too. Before, we were forced to request location permissions for things that weren't related to actual location, giving us lots of bad reviews from customers thinking that we were harvesting location data. This is great!

[DJGutz]

I still wish Android would bring back the dessert naming convention. Made it more fun and different than normal number increments.

[leafan]

As a language teacher, that language setting bit, while it might be a tiny change, is going to be huge for me. Hopefully it works with keyboards too.

[frost]

ALL the props to the b-roll team. The silent disco and audio-sharing footage was hella neat.

[NoahMoyer]

There's nothing underwhelming to me about improving the OS. Takes a lot more work than to just ignore broken stuff and add more features

[Das_Unterstrich]

Being able to set app-specific languages absolutely is my fav feature. Nothing is as annoying as having some rather horrible translated game or app, to then not even have any setting in the app to change languages. I'm kinda surprised that it even took that long for this feature to finally exist.

[krishnachittur]

Bluetooth LE audio is definitely exciting. Shame it's limited to so few chipsets for now.

[aaroncody]

Bluetooth and cellular connectivity is greatly improved. I was having all sorts of connectivity issues on my P6 Pro, but they all disappeared when I got 13 (I enrolled in beta as my phone was borderline unusable).

[kngkunaat]

Not being able to remove the at a glance widget is absolutely unacceptable and a massive oversight.

[p.n.k.-rokuza]

I remember around October 2019 - October 2021, I loved the customization on my Pixel. I loved how you could change the fonts, app icon shapes, and the icon styles. I really wish they would bring those back. Other than that, I really enjoy the new update!

[Felttipfuzzywuzzyflyguy]

After switching to Android 12 from One Plus' Oxygen OS there have been SO many basic operations that take 2 or more swipes/taps where they would only take 1 input in Oxygen. I hope 13 resolves a lot of these little headaches.

[Tactical_Tourist]

Another positive of the 13 update is that it seems to have finally fixed the weird Bluetooth random disconnect bug my Pixel 6 pro has had since day one.

[xeoknight]

I love how OnePlus had a bunch of launch features on my phone and removed them in favor of a bigger number on the Android version. 😃

[bahlor]

For me I absolutely hated 12, it would crash my apps whenever I minimized them, I got terrible performance and battery life. As soon as I upgraded to 13 all that went away, phone started acting almost 100% better. I am "all for" fix your stuff, I do not care nor use nearly any of those new features, what I want/need is for the OS to work and work well. Android 13 does that, and I for one could not be happier.

[PaulieK]

I have the standard Pixel 6 and installed the update yesterday. I can confirm that the device feels snappier and the damn fingerprint sensor actually works quickly and accurately. I never had any major issues with mine but it finally feels as it should've when I bought it at launch.

[MarcSoftware]

Looking for another app that has a themed icon (1:43)? We have implemented the themed icon in our app - Incredible Maths. We haven't made it to implementing Material You yet, but we will look into it soon.

[ApartmentAngelsFireStarters]

Linus has the most complex relationship with Android I've ever witnessed with a mortal

[vert]

i actually love that you can set language settings per app. One of my favourite features so far

[DomiaAbrWyrda]

5:45 Finally!
Multiple languages for different apps support!
You have no idea how stupid it is that that didn't work before.
For some reason most apps don't have a setting that lets you change languages, they follow the system set language only.
It's such a pain for bilinguals who want to use local apps in their own language and others (like YouTube) in english